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Beautiful! That song is the reason that I chose the psaltery that I chose. It had to go down to F3 so that I could play Ashokan Farewell in C maj, which is how I play it on the piano. Thanks for posting it!

This is amazing. I have been working on Ashokan Farewell for a couple of weeks (although on a smaller psaltery) and am really impressed with the fluidity of the double bowing. I can see that I need to try this with a second bow.

Thank you very much everyone. The psalteries that we use have more than 60 strings (frow C2 to C7), which enables us to play songs with warious different expressions. It might look like we grip our bows very firmly but the truth is on the contrary. The bows we are using weigh less than 10 grams. We hold our bows very softly and we place the bow on each note before we play the note. (Some classical guitarists call this technique planting. )

It is I that play the bowed psaltery in this video. The person who plays the guitar is Makoto Kato, my teacher, who is also a member of Psaltery Strings. Makoto Kato made the psaltery I use in this video. It has the notes from F1 to E7. In this video we play Ashokan Farewell in the key of D.

Tish Westman - West Virginia Lessons at Tamarack, Beckley, WV. Wednesday workshops also available for individual classes and to teach at festivals.
Sunday "Jam" 3:30 to 6:00. All instruments welcome, play mostly Old Time, Celtic & Gospel Music, not opposed to trying any tune called, once did a rap on Bowed Psalteries.
1-304-575-0998tishwestman@yahoo.comwww.westmaninstruments.com

Karla Armstrong - Pennsylvania Karla plays a variety of instruments and does workshops as well. Please visit her web site for additional information or contact her via the web site or the information below.
(717) 632-8099karlaarms@upontheharp.comhttp://upontheharp.com

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If you are already on Tish's list, why don't you stop in and update your info? While your there take a look to see if there are new players in your area. Who knows, you might get together and make a recording.

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